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Critical Components in Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers: High-Cycle Valves
When designing a regenerative thermal oxidizer, engineers should not overlook the high-cycle valves that control process air and help maintain efficiency Regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) are regularly utilized in the chemical process industries (CPI) to collect and control air-pollution emissions…
Gear Pump Basics
The versatile nature of gear-pump technology allows operators to handle multiple fluids in multiple applications Pump technology can be traced as far back as the B.C. era, when ancient Egyptians used a shadoof to move water from one source (in…
Technology Profile: Production of Citric Acid
Citric acid is a naturally occurring tricarboxylic acid commonly found in plants and animals (Figure 1). In its pure form, it is a colorless compound readily soluble in water. Citric acid is mainly used to add taste to food and…
A new rupture disc is ASME BPE compliant
The new IntegrX-HPX rupture disc (photo) addresses the need to improve process performance, reliability and safety within the biopharmaceutical industry. The IntegrX-HPX combines the unrivaled performance of the company’s HPX with ASME BPE (bioprocessing equipment) compliant crevice-free design, removing the…
Enhance EHS compliance and education with this new learning system
This company launched a new learning management system (LMS) with expanded capabilities for increased flexibility, functionality and scalability. The new LMS will also integrate the SAP Litmos tool as part of its offering. With an easy-to-navigate user interface, and simplified…
Digitize weighing processes with this balance and software
The combination of XPR series balances and LabX Software (photo) enables users to digitalize laboratory weighing processes and ensure accurate results, full traceability and data integrity. LabX Balance software integrates fully with laboratory-information systems, such as chromatography software, and enables…
Bringing artificial intelligence to asset-performance management
The launch of Ability Genix Asset Performance Management (APM) Suite (photo) brings next-generation artificial-intelligence (AI)-based predictive maintenance, asset reliability and integrity insights to the chemical process and utilities industries. Genix APM is an enterprise-grade application to monitor assets, prescribe maintenance…
New touchscreen coulometer for gas-stream analysis
The CM5016 C/S coulometer (photo) provides highly accurate, absolute determination of carbon or sulfur content in any gas stream containing CO2, SO2 or H2S. The coulometer is used as the detector with a sample-acidification front-end unit, detecting carbon or sulfur…
Web-based platform streamlines molecule discovery chemistry
Last month, this company released Torx Test and Torx Analyze (photo) to complete the Torx platform — a single web-based solution that enables drug discovery teams to work together, share knowledge, manage resources and track progress throughout the design-make-test-analyze (DMTA)…
Raising the bar for heat pumps up to 95°C
The RedGenium heat pump, combined with the new Grasso V XHP reciprocating compressor (photo), enables the provision of temperatures of 95°C with high efficiency. In addition to the temperature advantage, the largest V XHP compressor also offers almost double the…